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No. 379,1qg13. Patented Mar. 6, 1888.

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CABINET BATH.

No. 879,143. Patented Mar. 6, 1888.,

UNITED STATES PATENT QEEICE THOMAS WALLIS, TRAI'IION W. WALLIS, AND HARRY E. WALLIS, OF JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN.

CABINET BATH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 379,143, dated March 6, 1888.

Application filed April 23, 1887. Serial No. 235,909.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known .that we, THOMAS WALLIS, TRAITON W. WALLIS, and HARRY E. WALLIS, citizens of the United States, residing at Janes ville, in the county of Rock and State of Wiscousin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cabinet Baths; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and eX- act description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this Specication.

Our invention relates to improvements in cabinet baths; and it consists in the peculiar1 construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

The object of our invention is to provide a portable cabinet bath which will be a sightly, compact, and convenient piece of furniture, adapted for sleeping or other apartments, and afford full facilities for a thorough bath, heat, and 'other necessary conveniences.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view ofthe cabinet closed. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the cabinet with door open. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectionon line a: m, Fig. 2.

The cabinet 1 is formed of wood set together in loose panels, having tongue-and-groove connection to allow for expansion and contraction during the changes of temperature within the cabinet. Said cabinet is composed of the sides 2, front 3, back 4, and top 5. The cabinet is also divided into two compartments by the oors. i

H M N is a semicular opening in the top of the cabinet.

A is a reservoir, which is placed on the top of the cabinet, and is provided with a short screw threaded discharge pipe, a, which is adapted to screw into one end of the spraypipe B, as shown in Fig. 3. The pipe B, which is about one inch in diameter, is bent inside at right angles from its attachment to the reservoir, brought close to the front, and is then bent around under the edge of the semicircular top of the cabinet.

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opening N. The pipe B is perforated, as shown at b b, so as to distribute water thoroughly over the bat her.

C represents a stop-cock located in the pipe B between the point of connection to the reser' Voir and the perforations.

D represents a shampooinghose attached to the pipe B between the stop'cock and the reservoir. The hose D is provided with a stopcock, o.

E represents an endless towel adapted to be secured to the cabinet at a point about in rear of the back of the bather. The towel E is flexibly secured to the cabinet by means of a spring-wire, e, which is so bent as to hold the towel in the most convenient position, and is supported on the vsprings f f, secured to the Arranging the towel in the manner described renders it iiexible, so as t0 rub the shoulders and back of the bather Where he could not reach them with his hands.

H represents the central or false floor, upon which the bather rests.

F represents a movable chair of ordinary construction.

I represents a lamp, which may be an oil, gas, or alcohol burner. This lamp is provided with a detleetor to lead the heat into the main compartment by means of the pipe G. This pipe G is fitted water-tight through an aperture in the floor H, and is provided with a cap, "g, or damper g', to cover it and shut off the heat,when desired. The floor H,which is watertight, is provided with an escapepipe, L, which conveys the waste water into a receptacle, K, as shown in Fig. 3. 'The lamp I and waste-bucket K may readily be removed from the cabinet through a door in the lower portion of the cabinet.

The operation of our cabinet is as follows: The bather, after taking his place in the cabinet, closes the door 6, his head protruding through the opening N. The cabinet may then be quickly heated to the required temperature by means of the lamp I, and when the desired temperature has been reached the heat may be cnt 0E by placing the cap g over the pipe G. The bather then turns on the stop-cock in the spray-pipe,and may thus give himselfashowerbath; or he may use the hose D by opening the ICO stop cock Q; or both hose D and pipe B may be used at the same time, if desired. After washing, the bather can rub his back on the towel E. The bather may be attended from the outside of the cabinet without being eX- posed to the attendant.

The cabinet is provided with suitable casterwheels, and also with an ornamental top piece, as shown in Fig. 1. In the inside it may have one or more shelves, K, if' desired.

By the above-described invention it will be seen we provide a neat and substantial cabinet bath, which may be convenientlyhandled and, when not in use, represents a neat piece of furniture.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is- I. In a bathing-cabinet, the combination, with an upper and lower chamber, the former having an aperture in its top, a water-tank located above the aperture and in close proximity thereto, a perforated spray-pipe leading from the tank around the aperture in the top of the cabinet, a flexible shampooing-pipe,also leading from the tank, and a towel-holder suspended in close proximity to the aperture in the top, of a heater located in the lower cola parrment, said heater provided with a pipe which passes through the floor of the upper Chamber, the pipe having a cap or damper for shutting off the heat, a drip-pipe in the floor of the upper chamber, and a tank beneath said pipe, substantially as set forth.

2. In a bathingcabinet, the combination, with an upper and lower compartment, the up per compartment having an aperture in its top, of a water-tank located in close proximity to the said aperture, a spray-pipe leading from the tank around the aperture, a flexible shampooing-pipe, also leadingr from the tank, said pipe being provided with a spraying-nozzle and a valve, and a towel-holder suspended in the upper compartment in close proximity to the spray-pi pe, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we ailix our signatures in presence ot' two witnesses.

THOMAS WALLIS. TRAITON NV. WALLIS. HARRY E. WALLIS. Vitnesses:

O. B. BRoNsoN, C. N. BUCKLEY. 

